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unclejohn52 |
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February 23, 2013 05:10:58am |
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GratefulDead
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Re: How do you describe music ? |
Seems an appropriate question...
a) Set One of the normal GD concert usually contains many songs - involving lyrics, verses and refrains that are sung, a story told, an experience shared. Garcia was guilty of bringing many songs, from any genre, old and new, to light.
b) Describing music as a track is a product of the digital age, although one might find music on vinyl also described this way. It is a generic 'look-up' method, a tool for cataloging music.
c) Calling it a 'number' somehow relegates it to a bygone era - say the 1940s. Big bands would do a hot number. Also used to describe a cute female in that era, something Humphrey Bogart might mutter.
d) The typical GD concert had lots of 'pieces' more commonly described as 'jams', usually found in the second set. Sometimes hard to list as songs, they have unusual names, like Clementine, Spanish, or Mind Left Body... although Dark Star has a song element in the verse.
Some musical pieces are also called compositions; they usually involve an orchestra and go to some length in making a musical statement.
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